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The ITUC has welcomed the announcement by the Korean Ministry of Justice that Han San-gyun, former president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), will be released from prison on parole. Han was imprisoned for organising union protests under the corrupt regime of former Korean (...)

The ITUC has called on the government of Afghanistan to cease harassment and intimidation of the National Union of Afghanistan Workers and Employees (NUAWE) and to uphold its obligations to respect freedom of association. NUAWE property in Kabul and 28 regional offices of the trade union (...)

The ITUC has condemned the killing of dozens of Palestinians by Israeli troops in Gaza in demonstrations at the border with Israel. More than two thousand are believed to have been injured. “We fully support the call by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein for the (...)

The government of Korea has failed to adopt a holistic approach to the implementation of the SDGs. The fact that no link to or effort to integrate ongoing social dialogue into implementation efforts is testament to this. Furthermore, stakeholder engagement has been poor due to the fact that (...)